The perp was probably hurt while in police custody and they are trying to pass the blame onto the victim. Sorry, my LEO friends, thats he way I see it.

No, the problem is that the legislature and judiciary in England have lost their collective mind. They seem to have completely forgotten their proud history of common law - which we inherited and adapted and now seem also to be in danger of losing.

It is sad - actually pathetic - what is happening in England. It is becoming a social-ist nation; very far left-wing and so PC that criminal, as illustrated by this and other cases, have more rights than crime victims. One can only hope that a few rational moderates might be able to make some headway at restoring law and order.